A classification system for integrative engineering education
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Abstract
- A range of initiatives at our own and other institutions have been designed to achieve
“interdisciplinary” engineering education and/or to “integrate” engineering with
humanities, arts, and social sciences education. The motivations cited for these initiatives
range from utilitarian goals supporting career development and professionalism to more
holistic goals of citizenship and broad liberal education. Appropriate definitions and
measures of “success” for such efforts vary, and faculty members involved in these
efforts have concerns that narrow understanding of these efforts can marginalize these
interdisciplinary and integrative experiences. The goal of this work is to support ongoing
conversations in higher education about integrative and interdisciplinary education efforts
by providing a shared language and classification system for understanding these efforts.
This paper presents a classification system for integrative engineering education efforts
and applies it to examples from our own institutions. This system builds on work by
others in education generally and in the area of interdisciplinary education. Classifying
ongoing initiatives makes it possible to better understand the range of current integrative
efforts and potentially identify gaps in institutional repertoires that may create barriers to
effectively scaffolded student learning. The classification system also enables an
examination of the alignment between types of integrative efforts and more traditional
disciplinary education efforts, and supports improved leadership in these integrative
efforts and the articulation of more meaningful methods for measuring their success.
Title | A classification system for integrative engineering education |
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Creator | Roth, Mary J. S. |
Rossmann, Jenn Stroud | |
Publisher | ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings |
Academic Department | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering | |
Division | Engineering |
Organization | Lafayette College |
Date Issued | 2017 |
Date Available | 2019-01-04T16:00:35Z |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Bibliographic Citation | Rossmann, J. S. and M. J. S. Roth (2017) "A classification system for integrative engineering education." ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings. Paper 18505. |
Standard Identifier | Handle 10385/2531 |
Permalink | http://hdl.handle.net/10385/2531 |
Rights Statement | In Copyright |
Rights Holders | American Society for Engineering Education |
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